Fidgety Foots

Be still my raging mind
Ignore the future
Forget the past
Come back to me

Just when I thought I had silence, a possibility came screaming along. Now I balance excitement and equanimity.

No pics for this one but it’s not a complicated recipe. It turned out delicious, spicy and sweet with roasted red peppery smell.

Ingredients:

• 2 red bell peppers roasted at 400 deg for 30 mins
• One red onion caramelized (sauteed in olive oil/butter till brown)
• One apple, cored but not peeled
• One tomato
• Dollop of cream cheese (about 3 oz)
• Clove of garlic
• Salt and pepper
• A cup of milk

Puree the ingredients…voila! soup.

I winged it with leftovers from my kitchen, so feel free to throw in other stuff. I can’t imagine how you’d ruin this soup.

We ate it with garlic bread, roasted yams and a salad. Mmmmm…..

Prep:

• Chop 1 onion, 1 inch of ginger, 3 green chillies, 3 tomatoes
• Sputter mustard seeds in 1 tsp of oil
• Add onion, ginger, chillies, 1/4 tsp turmeric and fry until translucent
• Add chopped tomatoes, salt to taste and cover until cooked
  

• Add boiled dal (abt 2 cups, but I just eyeball it)
• If the tomatoes aren’t sour, add lemon to taste. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

You’ll end up with something like…..

Thassit! Gale, I think you should take the packet of dal back

This is inspired by PF Chang’s stuffed cabbage appetizer, with a healthy twist (i.e. quinoa). It’s a complete meal - veggies, grain and protein.

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cabbage
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• Ginger, julienned
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 cup boiled quinoa (or grain of your choice)
• 1 cup fake meat crumbles lightly browned (or soy flakes/panneer)
• Seasoning: Soy sauce + hot and sweet sauce + vinegar

Preparation:

1. Saute the onion, bell pepper and ginger with the seasoning mixture
2. Mix the veggies with the grain and fake meat
3. Carefully peel off 4-5 cabbage leaves, try and keep ‘em intact
4. Stuff with the veggie+grain+protein mixture
5. (optional) Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees

Mmmmmm………………………….